58 Quotes by Beatrix Potter

Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail....

Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.

I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.

It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born

I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!

In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta - there lived a tailor in Gloucester.

Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.